Hi, my name is _______ and I’m a constituent from zip code______ and a member of Indivisible. I’m calling to ask [the MoC] to continue to demand that the Trump regime reunite ALL of the remaining migrant children ripped from their parents NOW.

Hundreds of children STILL haven’t been reunited with their parents. Imagine if it was your child. You would move heaven and earth to get them back. So must we. for EVERY. SINGLE. CHILD.

Hi, my name is _______ and I’m a constituent from zip code______ and a member of Indivisible. I’m calling to ask [the MoC] to continue to tell the public: RUSSIA OWNS TRUMP.

We don’t know the “why” or all of the “how” but we can be certain of the what: Trump conspired with Russia to throw the election to him and it worked. He’s an illegitimate president* and he’s still acting in Russia’s interests against the United States. No other attack in America’s history has been as devastating as this, which essentially overthrew our government and placed it in foreign hands. Fighting it can’t be left to Mueller alone. The Russia story needs to be told, every single day. I’m asking [the MoC] to get the message to the American people: our country has been betrayed by Trump on behalf of Russia.

Hi, my name is _______ and I’m a constituent from zip code______ and a member of Indivisible. I’m calling to ask [the MoC] to daily call out the many ways in which a free press is essential to our democracy.

Trump is attacking the press because truth and clarity are his mortal enemies. His cruelty and incompetence can only survive in a stew of noxious lies. His attacks on the press are a sign of his despotism and it’s vital that [the MoC] call them out for what they are: vicious, anti-American lies and slander.

Hi, my name is _______ and I’m a constituent from zip code______ and a member of Indivisible. I’m calling to ask [the MoC] to ask: what is the NRA hiding?

The NRA spent far more – $30 million – on helping Trump get elected than they had spent on past elections. They won’t come clean about where the money came from and it’s very possible that the answer is Russia. What’s more, their president took the extremely unusual (for the NRA) step of resigning after only a year in office, quickly ceding his role to Oliver North, who was surprised and unprepared. This came on the heels of an FBI raid on the apartment of Russian agent Maria Butina, who had cozied up to the NRA for years. Will [the MoC] please ask: what is the NRA hiding?

Hi, my name is _______ and I’m a constituent from zip code______ and a member of Indivisible. I’m calling to support the Senator’s Resolution to Protect National Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards.

Global warming is the most dangerous threat facing humankind today. We’re seeing its signs everywhere we look and we’re running out of time. Trump’s effort to attack our fuel economy standards is, in this light, insane. Thank you for fighting for our planet and our lives!

Hi, my name is _______ and I’m a constituent from zip code______ and a member of Indivisible. I’m calling to ask the Senator to find all the evidence to prove what is already apparent: Brett Kavanaugh won’t protect our democracy from Trump and the Russian attack that put him in power.

Even from what’s already publicly available, it looks like Kavanaugh’s view of the presidency is that the office places the holder above the law. That would be a dangerous view at any time, with Trump it may amount to a permanent surrender to Vladimir Putin. I’m imploring the Senator to find every scrap of evidence to prove that Kavanaugh would be a clear danger to democracy, then use it to sink him.

Hi, my name is _______ and I’m a constituent from zip code______ and a member of Indivisible. I’m calling to ask [Representative Huffman/Thompson] to support our California Senators’ Resolution to Protect National Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards.

Hi, my name is _______ and I’m a constituent from zip code______ and a member of Indivisible. I’m calling to ask the [Assemblyperson/Senator] to oppose SBs 1088 & 901, which would give PG&E a free pass.

PG&E burned down our homes through their negligence. They don’t deserve to be protected and they don’t deserve to be let off the hook. If [the Assemblyperson/Senator] can’t see that, they don’t deserve to represent me. Period.

Hi, my name is _______ and I’m a constituent from zip code______ and a member of Indivisible. I’m calling to ask the Board of Supervisors to echo the work of our fine Senators and pass a Resolution to Protect National Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards.

Climate change is beginning to wreak devastation: just look at its impact on the severity of fire danger. The Trump administration is not only ignoring the danger but making it worse by attacking our fuel economy standards, including those set by the State of California. This is wrong, wrong, wrong. Our Senators have drafted a resolution to protect our standards. Will the Board follow their lead and make Sonomans proud?

Hi, my name is _______ and I’m a constituent from zip code______ and a member of Indivisible. I’m calling to ask the Board of Supervisors to immediately restore the staff support, physical space and phone which the Commission on Human Rights needs to do their work protecting the rights of residents of Sonoma County.

The Board recently withdrew funds for staff support (for only twelve hours a week) and even the use of a room and phone used to do their work of the Commission on Human Rights. Human rights are under attack daily by the Trump regime. The last thing we need in Sonoma County is to withdraw support for their protection at this critical time. Please restore the funds immediately!

Background (from CHR vice chair Dmitra Smith):

"The Board of Supervisors recently approved a budget which ended staff support for the Commission on Human Rights (as well as our sister Commission on the Status of Women). We lobbied our supervisors in vain. We have just received word that we will no longer be able to hold meetings in the PRMD hearing room but have been moved to the HR Training Center. I'm not going to speculate on the reasons for this, but as I hear that funds are tight post fires, I'm aware that $4 million dollars was spent on fighting for immunity for the deputy who killed Andy Lopez, so it's more about priorities from my view.

"In the past few years, I and many others have worked diligently to establish the Commission on Human Rights as a beacon of light within the county government system. A place where truly marginalized voices can be amplified and uplifted. Where justice, intersectionality and truth can grow and flourish. We have published reports on racism in schools, advocated for our unhoused neighbors, fought back against hate crimes, supported our immigrant, LGBTQ+, Disability communities, and so much more, not to mention mentoring over 100 Sonoma County youth in the Junior Commission on Human Rights.

"I am told that the CAO office will advise the supervisors on how the commission will function. I don't know any of those people and they certainly don't understand what I do as the Vice Chair. I already work hundreds of hours per year for free and I am honored to do so, but we can not do it without adequate support and an appropriate venue for our monthly public meetings.

"If you believe in the importance of having a fully functioning Commission on Human Rights and Commission on the Status of Women, I URGE you to contact your supervisors and express your concern. We still have not gotten permission from the BOS to fundraise so that we can get this PSA I directed into theaters. Now we'll need to fundraise to function. I will not go quietly into the night with this one. I have worked too hard and too long these past six years. The people of Sonoma County deserve much better. This is not the time in our nation, state or county to diminish the work of the Commission on Human Rights.”